The Supreme Court on Tuesday (December 9, 2025) said conferment of rights associated with Indian citizenship to people claiming to be religious minorities who fled persecution from Pakistan, Afghanisation Bangladesh and protected under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, would be wholly dependent on whether their claims turn out to be true.

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The Court said that even though the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 have introduced changes in favour of granting persecuted religious minorities from these countries, every such claim would have to be enquired into and determined by the authorities.

The oral observations from a Bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi came in a petition filed by an NGO, Aatmadeep, through advocat

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